Hai Hai, the new Vietnamese restaurant at 22nd and University Ave. N.E., makes Vietnamese cuisine exciting again - which is quite an accomplishment. The place has been jam-packed with millennials ever since it opened a few weeks ago. Owners Christina Nguyen and Birk Stefan Grudem have followed the same formula that has made their Hola Arepa such a popular eatery - fresh … [Read more...]
City Pages: Generations of Lebanese cooking at Beirut Restaurant and Deli in West St. Paul
"The story of Beirut Restaurant and Deli is an immigrant story. "(I)f you do nothing else at Beirut, order the monumental mezza platter for two, a $50 color wheel of just about everything the restaurant has to offer, served in smaller portions for sharing. It’s the way a Lebanese family would traditionally eat at a gathering, with plates of food coming and going, going and … [Read more...]
Curry Diva will change the way you think about curry | City Pages
Heather Jansz is a frenetic woman with about five pounds of gorgeous dark hair twisted into a loose bun at the top of her head. Source: Curry Diva will change the way you think about curry | City Pages … [Read more...]
Get homestyle Thai cooking in the Minneapolis skyway, from the family behind On’s Kitchen | City Pages
Twin Cities, do you know how lucky we are?Source: Get homestyle Thai cooking in the Minneapolis skyway, from the family behind On's Kitchen | City Pages … [Read more...]
Mrs. Dumpling to open at Lyn-Lake this December | Growler Magazine
Bao, wow! The bar-goers of Minneapolis’ Lyn-Lake neighborhood will be walking to the dumpling shop of their dreams by the end of the year. Source: Mrs. Dumpling to open at Lyn-Lake this December | Growler Magazine … [Read more...]
Som Taste breathes curry-scented life into long-vacant Longfellow Bridgeman’s | City Pages
The homestyle Somali restaurant recently opened in a long-vacant Bridgeman's scoop shop on a somewhat difficult-to-find stretch of Hiawatha Avenue. Source: Som Taste breathes curry-scented life into long-vacant Longfellow Bridgeman’s | City Pages … [Read more...]
Sole Cafe on Snelling Avenue isn’t hip, it’s hot | City Pages
Korean cuisine is having its day, with trendy restaurants everywhere piling hot dogs with kimchi and selling riffs on bibimbap and calling them “rice bowls.”But Kimberly Firnstahl is from Korea. She doesn’t suffer fools, and she’ll gleefully laugh at your suffering through her fiery dishes. She’s also the unofficial mom to the 15,000 or so Korean adoptees who live in the state, … [Read more...]
Ghebre’s Ethiopian and Eritrean Restaurant now open right across the street from Fasika | City Pages
There will be beef platters and chicken and spinach platters, the latter being a family speciality; lamb tibs and beef tibs; and hot and spicy chicken stew with a hard boiled egg. There will be vegetable combos and potatoes both spicy and non-spicy, and lots and lots of other things. Source: Ghebre's Ethiopian and Eritrean Restaurant now open right across the street from Fasika … [Read more...]
3 Minute Egg: Mike Hazard + the ‘Seeds of Change’ of Hmong-American farmers
Mike Hazard sees his artistic life in three parts — writing, photography and documentary video — and all three merge in “Seeds of Change,” an exhibition of photography commissioned by the Hmong-American Farmers Association on view through July at the Minnesota Museum of American Art. Let’s meet Mike and learn a little through his lens about the lives and work of local … [Read more...]